Holder for bills, checks, etc.



Sept. 22, 192&

1,554,949 A. N. E. B005 HOLDER FOR BILLS; CHECKS, ETC

Filed. March 15. 1924 t ee ty, eu ywa t e JZ; N w: Q. ii ie 1 e en jsaesfa 1 a d 5 have invented certainvnewai di u wa e as clearly ee ip.. 01 -ie ts Ho e eri B I iad Etc. or which the following T c of de Patented Sept. 7 22, 1925.

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i i w lipp-lioation filewMarch 1:3,ueez. seri i ins. 98, 47.; Z

Be l w bwl h L u u rN-v E ljli os srlr ben as t a c1tizen= of .Ge-rmany 'anda. resid of connectionvtherewith.

a i This invention relates to holders for bills, laterally prog ecting tongues 37 asa 10 checks and the like, such as are used in engage through additional openings prohotels, restaurants and other business estabvided in the wall of theresilienttube 34, the 6B 1 i lishments for the purpose of keeping accuends of said tongues being also angularly rate sales records, the primary object of bent as at 38 to retainthe tongues in connec- V the invention beingtoprovide an improved tion Wltll sald tube. The other edge of the metal holder or case for a check pad which split tube bears against the upper sides'of is so constructed as to enable the proper these tongues 37. The normal tendency of 70 entries to be properly made on the exposed the splitv resilient metal tube to contract, part of the top check Which may be readily yieldingly holds the cover member 36 detached from the pad. closed position as seen in Figure l and in} The check itself is covered in a divisional dot ed lines in igulfe 2 of the drawings,

2 ,7 92. and clamping the'latter between said cover Itisa further general objectof the invenp ndtheb dy Pl e tion to provide a device of the above char- The sphtflmetal tube .34a1so providesaf acter which is simpl and in nsiv in convenient holder for a penoilindioated ate application filed April 9, 1925, Serial No. thus'exerting. pressure upon the check pad 75 i construction, may therefore be manufac- 39, whichi-isinserted through said tubeibe- 0f .tured at small cost and which will be highly tweenthe tongues 33 and 37 one side; of the convenient and serviceable in practical use. pencil being engaged by aTsuitable' leaf I With the above and other objects in view,- spring 4:0.secured to the fiange32,said leaf theinvention consists in theimproved bill spring yieldingly urging the pencil 'into i i or check and holder therefor as will be bearing contact against the inner surfaceof S5 hereinafter more fully described, illustrated the wallrof thetube 34 whereby said pencil in the accompanying drawings and subseis yieldingly'held against accidental disj quently incorporated in the subjoined claim. placement from the interior of said tube.

In the drawings wherein I have illus- -The coverplate 36 has an opening'or cu.t- Y

trated one simple and practical embodiout indicated at 41 extendinginwardlyfrom no ment of the invention and in which similar its free edge over theportions 7 of the check reference characters designate correspond, so thaththe individual entriesmaybereadily ing parts throughout the several views: Vmade uipon the check without lifting thev r l Figure l is. aperspective View showing a cover plate 3Q. from its :normal position. pad of checks enclosed within aholder This plate below the opening 4:1 is also pr E196 therefor; 7 vided with an additionalinwa'rdly extending Figure 2 is a transverse section through slot or opening .42 for-the entry of the total of in open position. to the tongues37, said plateis provided with the holder showing the cover member thereamount payable upon the check and adjacent 1 i In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, I athird opening 43 exposinganother portion have shown a simple form of holder for of the check so that theproper entry'may be acheck pad and which consists of a body made thereon. i p f plate 31 having a flange 32 extendingialong When is desired to detach the filled-in one of its edges, said fiangeibeing provided check,it.is only necessaryto engage thefree The ends of these tongues are adapted for and force thesame upwardly, thereby-exengagement through openings provided in panding thesplit metalf tube 34. Thus the r 1 the wall of a split resllient metal tube '34, check maybeeasily detached from the stub I with spaced laterally projecting .tongues33. edge of the coverplate 36; with the finger v From the foregoing and upon the release of said cover plate it is immediately returned to its normal position upon the checkpad by the contraction of 1-,he metaltube; 1

ered in connection witltthejaccompanying drawings, the form, construction and arrangement of the severalparts ofm ylinven'' tion will be clearly understood as well as the several advantages: thereof? that I have devised anouel form ofcheck also fi fConyenient and (serviceable holder for the checkipad'yvhich inay be simply constructed. at nominal cost; I. have herein de 15 fscribed an embodime'nt of the deyioe which I believe to be entirely pra"ctical, 'lou-t" itwill beunderstood that various changes may be "made mete remand construction of 'the several detail description consid :It' will be-seenTopenings in-the-Wall of said tube and the "thereof'jyithout depart- 7 k H lclaimz o holder for check pads comp-ri a split resilient metal the body plate and one laterally extending tongues engaged through edges of said split metal tube bearing against the relatively opposite faces (if the tongues on the body plate and the' c'over fp-late whereby *said tube normally acts to yyieldingly urge check body positioned upon saidbody plate.

said cover. plate upon a In testimony that claim the foregoing my-invention, 1 h ve signed my'name hereto.

sing a body plate havinga'flange along one edge ther o a b rpl tube, said flange of edge of said cover plate being provided with from the spirit-and scope of the inven-i v 7 tion asdefined in the appended claim. 

